Sheet catching and packing device.



No. 703,210. Patented June 24, I902. A. J. MASKREY. SHEET CATCHING ANDPACKING DEVICE.

(Application filed June 19, 1901) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

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ENS co, PHGTO-LITHQ, wAsmMn 'w o n No. 703,2I0. Patented June 24, I902.

A. J. MASKREY.

SHEET CATGHING AND PACKING DEVICE.

(Application filed June 19, 1901.)

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(lo Model.)

INVENTOR WHY \% ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

ARTHUR JAMES MASKREY, OF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO.

SHEET CATCHING AND PACKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,210, dated J Line24, 1902.

Application filed June 19,1901. Serial No. 65,160. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR JAMES MASK- REY, a citizen of Great Britain,and a resident of Martins Ferry, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet Catching andPacking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet catching and packingdevices, and more particularly to an automatic device for catchingsheets of metal as they pass from the cold-rolls and for carryingforward and piling or packing said sheets in an even pile or pack on theannealing-pan; and it consists in the particular construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, which will hereinafter be fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a machine operated bythe cold-rolls which will catch the sheets of metal as they pass fromsaid cold-rolls in the rolling process and which will convey themforward and deposit them in an even pack on the annealingpan.

A further object of my invention is to provide a table pivoted at itsfront end and having its rear end free and adapted to be raised byhydraulic power or otherwise to permit of the sheets being delivered toa packing-box until the same is filled, thus obviating the necessity ofproviding means for lowering the annealing-pan, in which saidpacking-box sits, below the floor-level.

In describing my invention in detail referonce is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a top plan View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing in dotted linesthe position of the table when the rear end thereof is raised. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the same with a section on the line 3 3 cut away.Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the spring which holds the contactwheel11 in contact with the upper roll 1. Referring to the drawings, in whichlike reference-numerals designate like parts, 1 represents thecold-rolls, and 2 the housings therefor.

Supported on legs or supports 3 is a table having its front end near tothe point of contact of the cold-rolls and on a horizontal planetherewith. Said table consists of side rails 4, on opposite sidesthereof, connected by cross-bars 5. Having its hearings in the rear endof said side rails is a roll 6. Supported by bearing-blocks 7, directlyover said roll 6, is a second roll 8, the face of which is in bearingcontact with said roll 6.

On the side rails 4, at the front end of the table, are provided uprightsupports 9, said supports being pivoted to said side rails, as shown inFig. 4, and journaled in said upright supports are the opposite ends ofa shaft 10. Fixedly secured on said shaft 10, near the center thereof,is a contact wheel 11, adapted to be revolved by contact with the uppercold-roll 1. On one of the ends of the shaft 10, outside the side rail4, is a belt or sprocket wheel 12, which is connected by endless belt orchain, as the case may require, with a belt or sprocket wheel 13 on aroll 14, which has its bearings in said housings 2. Passing around andconnecting said roll 14 with the roll 6 are a plurality of endlesschains or belts 33, the latter being shown in the illustrations.Supported on said cross-bars 5 are a plurality of longitudinal bars orslats 15, which lie directly underneath the upper or carrying portion ofthe belts and which serve as supports for said belts when carrying metalsheets, thus preventing the sagging thereof and the consequent cuttingthereof by said metal sheets. Having their opposite ends in said siderails 4 are two adj usting-screws 16, the object of which will presentlybe shown. Having their lower ends mounted on said adj usting-screws arefour vertical clips or supports 17 two at each side of the rear end ofthe table, the two on each side supporting a guide-bar 18, which has itsfront end curved outward to facilitate the passage of the sheets betweenthem. By means of the said adj usting-screws, each of which hasahand-wheel 19 on one of the outer ends thereof,'the said guide-bars maybe adjusted to any position and can therefore be adjusted to guideanysized sheet of metal to the rolls 6 and 8.

Under the rear end of the table is shown the annealing-pan 20, the samebeing of the usual construction. In the rear end of said pan I providean adjustable packing -box adapted to cooperate with the said table andsheet-carrying means to pack the metal in the annealing-pan in an evenpack. The said packing-box 21 is provided with three sides 22, 28, and24. The rear side 23 is divided, the two sections or divisions thereofbeing movably connected by movable bars 25, one near the top and theother near the base thereof. Also connecting said sections is anadjusting-screw 26, which is supported in screw-threaded blocks 27, oneof which is secured on each section of the rear side 23. On one of theouter ends of said adjustingscrew 26 is a crank or similar device 28,adapted to be used in operating said screw in adjusting the box to fitany-sized sheet. The front ends of the sides 22 and 24 of saidpacking-box are slightly curved outward to facilirate the guiding of thesheets into the box. Handles 29 are provided on the sides 22 and 24: forlifting the box to clear the pile or pack of metal when the said box hasbeen filled.

It is obvious that by placing a movable plate sufficiently large for twoannealing-pans to be placed thereon in the rear of the table twopacking-boxes may be placed thereon, the obj ect of this arrangementbeing to allow of full boxes being removed laterally from in front andan empty box moved in place, thus saving the time otherwise required inso doing and obviating the necessity of stopping the cold-rolls while afull box is being removed and an empty one set in place.

On the extreme rear end of the table and pivoted at its upper end to thelower edge of one of the side rails 4 is a depending arm 30. Having oneend pivoted to said arm 30, near the center thereof, is a slotted rod31. An adjusting-screw 32 is provided in the slot of said rod 31 toadjust said arm 30 to any desired position. Said arm 30 and theadjusting device connected therewith serve as an adjustable edge orevening device to the rear end of the sheets when they drop from therolls 6 and 8.

The front end of the table is pivoted on the roll 14. As the packing-boxis being filled the rear end of the table may be raised in any desiredmanner, so that the sheets will be delivered on the top of the pile,said table taking the position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.The roll 14 being journaled in the housings 2, said roll serves as apivot on which said table is raised.

Having one end secured on the side rail 4 and its opposite end securedto the support 9 at a point above said side rail is a spring (clearlyshown in Fig. 4) which is adapted to permit the said supports forcontact-roll 11 to recede as the table is raised and which holds saidcontact-roll at all times in contact with the upper roll 1. v

Now, as is apparent, when it is desired to pack any sized sheets ofmetal as they pass from the cold-rolls the guide-bars 16 may be adjustedto fit the width of said sheets, so that they may be guided forwardevenly, and the packing-box may beadjusted to receive said sheets in aneven pack or pile as they pass from said rolls 6 and 8. Now when a sheetof metal passes from the cold-rolls it will be deposited on thetraveling belts 33, which will convey it forward between the guide-bars16 to the rolls 6 and 8. Passing through between said rolls with someforce, the front end of the sheet will strike the rear wall 23 of thepacking-box 21. The depending or evening arm 30 having been previouslyadjusted to suit the size of the sheet of metal, the rear end of saidsheet will drop and be guided to its proper position thereby.

I have described my invention more or less in detail and believe it tobe shown in its simplest form; but, as is obvious, more changes may bemade in its construction and in the arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I do not desire tolimit myself to the precise construction and arrangement shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with thehousings and coldrolls, of a small roll journaled in said hous* ings onthe exit side of said cold-rolls, a table having its front end pivotallymounted on said small roll, a pair of rolls mounted in the rear end ofsaid table, traveling belts connectin g the first-mentioned roll withthe lower of the last-mentioned rolls, means for imparting motion tosaid first-mentioned roll, and through the belts to the last-mentionedrolls, adjustable guide-bars on said table, an adjustable sheet-packingbox at the rear of said table, and an adjustable evening device on therear end of said table, all substantially as and for the purposes setforth and described.

- 2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with thehousings and coldrolls, of a small roll having its bearings in saidhousings, a table pivoted at its front end on said small roll, the rearend of said table adapted to be raised to any position on said smallroll as a fulcrum, a pair of rolls mount ed on the rear end of saidtable, endless traveling belts connecting the said small roll with thelower roll of the pair of rolls, means for imparting motion to saidrolls and belts, adj ustable guide-bars on said table, an adj ust ablesheet-packing box in the rear of said table, and an adjustable eveningdevice on the rear end of said table adapted to cause sheets of metalcarried by the machine to be dropped in an even pack in the packing-box,substantially as set forth and described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with thehousings and the cold-rolls, of a small roll having its bearings in saidhousings on the exit side of the coldrolls, a table having its front endpivotally mounted on said small roll, a pair of rolls mounted in therear end of said table, traveling sheet-carrying belts connecting thelower too of said last-mentioned rolls with the said small roll,adjustable sheet guiding bars mounted on said table, an adjustablesheetpacking box seated in the rear of said table, and an evening deviceadapted to keep the sheets, carried forward by the machine, in an evenpack in the packing-box, substantially as shown and described.

4:. In a machine of the character described, the combination with thehousings and the cold-rolls, of a small roll journaled in the housingson the exit side of said cold-rolls, a table having its front endpivotally mounted on said small roll, a shaft journaled in the front endof said table, a contact-wheel fixed on said shaft and'adapted to berevolved by contact with the upper of the cold-rolls, a sprocket-wheelmounted on the outer end of ARTHUR JAMES MASKREYl Witnesses:

LoUIs F. STIFEL, WM. H. TRACY.

